Black Duck & Synopsys

On December 11, 2017, Black Duck was acquired by Synopsys. Synopsys offers the most comprehensive solution for building integrity —security and quality— into the software development lifecycle and supply chain.We are proud to be part of Synopsys and look forward to helping Synopsys customers improve software integrity by simplifying and automating management of open source. Read more about the Synopsys acquisition of Black Duck

About Black Duck

Organizations worldwide use Black Duck products and On-Demand audit services to secure and manage applications and containers at the speed of DevOps, eliminating pain related to open source security vulnerabilities and license compliance.

Over 2000 customers, including NEC, Nintendo, Olympus, SAP, and Samsung

Named after the founder’s childhood pet

Company History

Black Duck Software was founded in 2003 by Doug Levin, a visionary technologist who recognized that software developers growing use of open source code would result in licensing and compliance issues for their companies.

Black Duck On Demand Open Source Audit services are recognized today as the industry standard for companies involved in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions who need to quickly find open source software and associated licenses and obligations.

SAP, Oracle, Facebook Yahoo, Samsung and Qualcomm were early adopters of Black Duck solutions to manage their open source compliance and governance obligations.

Lou Shipley joined Black Duck as CEO in late 2013. Over the last 25 years Lou has held leadership roles in several successful private and public Massachusetts companies, including Avid and VMTurbo. With open source adoption exploding over the past decade, Lou saw an opportunity for Black Duck to expand its solutions portfolio and meet the need for organizations to manage open source security as well as license compliance risks.

In 2015 Black Duck shipped a new, open source security-focused product, the Black Duck. Black Duck allows organizations to identify all open source in use and quickly gain visibility into any known open source security vulnerabilities as well as compliance issues in their code.

Committed to the Open Source Community

An annual assessment on the state of open source adoption, co-sponsored by North Bridge

Your window into the world of open source. Discover, track, choose, and compare open source on www.openhub.net

Awards recognizing the top new open source projects initiated each year

Black Duck Culture & Community

People at Black Duck give their all to their jobs, but we want employees to think of Black Duck as a fun and fulfilling place to work. Black Duck boasts the amenities you’d expect from a tech company — like free snacks and craft beer taps — and regular, novel, companywide events like Waffle Wednesday, Quackaoke (Black Duck’s version of karaoke), a special summer Tiki Bar and other engaging activities.

In the local community Black Duck has established a strong relationship with Notre Dame Christo Reyes, a parochial high school in Lawrence MA. Students from Notre Dame work in a variety of positions at Black Duck throughout the school year, gaining experience and real-world business knowledge.

During the summer months, Black Duck’s already energized environment gets an added boost as the company hosts an average of 50 college interns, working in all departments throughout the company. Individual interns or intern teams deliver a presentation on their experiences to the Black Duck leadership team group at summer’s end.

Interested in an internship or coming to work for Black Duck? Among other cool benefits, we offer a flexible PTO policy, stock options and more! Check out our careers page for current openings.